- Date
- April 24, 1972
- Place
- Nyot Mo, Laos · NYOT MO, Laos
- Injuries
- 4 fatal, 4 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N391RPilatus PC6CH2
- Status
- Completed · report January 9, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166816
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0086 72/4/24 NYOT MO,LAOS PILATUS PC6CH2 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1223 N391R PX- 3 4 2 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 36, 5563 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-I 3500 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NYOT MO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LONG TIENG,LAOS MOUNG CHA,LAOS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER FACTOR(S) WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - SELF-HELP,PILOT CHECKED WEATHER DATA WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 65 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR VFR REMARKS- FLT THRU MT PASS.HIT TREES,SECURED ENG,IMPACT AT 5240FT.INVEST UNDER JURISDICTION OF LAOTIAN GOVT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N391R
- Reported as
- Pilatus PC6CH2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Nyot Mo
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